In May and June the practice criterium series will be held. These criteriums present an excellent training opportunity for riders of all abilities.

General Information

The criteriums will take place each Tuesday at the University Research Park in May and June 2008. Sign up and registration opens at 6:00 PM and closes at 7:00 PM.

There are two races a B Race (beginners, women, cat 4/5, juniors, etc.) at 6:30 PM for about 25 minutes and an A Race at 7:10 PM that is open to all for about 50 minutes.

All riders must fill out a release form (good for the race series), sign in daily, wear their race number, and wear an USCF legal/approved (ANSI/SNELL) bicycle helmet.

Fees

All riders participating in the event will pay an entry fee to cover insurance charges. All additional money collected will go toward the support of bicycle racing in Dane County.

The daily fee is $5 for USCF Licensed riders. One-day USCF Licenses are $10 and Annual USCF Licenses are $60 and both are available on site. B Race riders that help corner guard for the A Race will get their $5 entry fee back. A Race riders are expected to help corner guard for the B Race. Sign up for your turn at registration. We all must help out in order that these practice criteriums can be held. Without the help the practice criteriums can not and will not be held. Thank you in advance for your support.

Rules (some but not all)

1. Be on your best behavior at all times.
2. Heads up! The course is open to traffic!
3. This is a practice race use it as such, generally no awards but small prizes/primes are occasionally offered.
4. Riders must wear an USCF approved helmet
5. Riders must wear official numbers
6. No clip-on "tri bars"
7. You may drop out of the race at any time. Reenter the race on the straight-aways, safely please.
8. Dangerous riders will be pulled at the official's discretion.
9. The race is normally held rain or shine, but may be canceled for any reason at the official's discretion. 10 All USCF rules are in effect, except for the "free lap rule".
10. Failure to observe any of these rules may lead to forfeiture of racing privileges.
11. All riders must help corner guard at sometime during the race series.

The UW Research Park is at the corner of Mineral Point and Whitney Way in Madison. Access to the course by car is from from Odana and Research Park Drive. Research Park Drive is west of Whitney Way on Odana Road (turn right if you are heading west).

See you all there.

Greg Biettler